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Scans by Dutch Pokémon Go players may have helped U.S. develop military drone technology

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Scans by Dutch Pokémon Go players may have helped U.S. develop military drone technology

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Millions of Pokémon Go players who spent years scanning their surroundings for in-game rewards allegedly unknowingly contributed to a highly detailed navigation system developed by Niantic Spatial, a U.S.-based company spun out of the original Pokémon Go developer, that is now set to be used in military drones and robots, Trouw reports.
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